Plate Mill - 5 Meters Wide

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As part of a major investment program to expand its steel-production capacity and also to enter the flat-product-steel sector, JSPL signed a contract with the VAI Division of I&S for the supply of a 5.0-m-wide plate-mill line for installation at a new integrated-steel-plant site in Angul, Orissa.

The project scope includes the following equipment: 20 MW plate-mill finishing stand with a 10,000-t-rolling load, an accelerated plate-cooling section (MULPIC system), hot leveler, cooling beds, double side-trim shear, slitting shear, final cut-to-length dividing shear, Level 1 automation for the entire line, Level 2 automation and process set-up models in addition to the main drives and motors. Provision will also be made to allow for the future installation of a roughing mill stand to enable an increase in the plant-rolling capacity. As a special feature, the plate-mill stand will be equipped with a system for enhanced profile and flatness control.

The I&S division VAI will provide the complete engineering of all of the equipment for the plate-mill line and will supply all major machines, equipment and systems. JSPL will supply the ancillary equipment.

With the completion of this project, JSPL will be able to produce a total of 1.2 m t/a of plate primarily for line pipe, shipbuilding and high-level building-steel applications. The contract value is EUR65 million.